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This week: Doctor Who and the Daleks (1966) (or possibly 1965).
"Now on the big screen in COLOUR!"
Huh - online scrape shows this as 1965, not 1966. Other sources list *both* this film and the sequel as 1966.
Ready toilet plungers and Go! Go! Go! Regal Films Presents ...
An AARU Production ... and very, very 60s music.
Very repetitive 60s music ...
Slapstick without a laugh track feels ... strange
Oh, my, the inside of the TARDIS is a hot mess.
... and what a wimpy translocation. Where's the sound fx?
Try to decide if Cushing is having fun or is quietly horrified at being here.
"I think we should get out of this place..." I can hear the music to the lyrics in my head.
The candyman made a delivery for the party.
What wonderfully inefficient doors. Of course Ian can't open his (we saw that coming).
Ah, now Ian is being teased. See, the aliens know what's up!
Meanwhile, Susan has found the alien group showers.
These sets are so ... minimalistic.
A trio of lava lights in the background.
The Daleks give welcome! Such colorful Daleks, too!
So, these Daleks are people in hard hazmat radiation suits.
The Daleks may not accompany you any farther. We may not traverse non-flat, level surfaces.
Hi. I'm wearing gold lipstick and an abstract patterned shower curtain.
The holy trio of lava lights witnesses Susan's written statement.
They're giving me Space:1999 vibes.
Daleks have guac?
We will cut through the door ... but first, I need to smoke-mark it
Wasn't there a big pulley and cables on top of the elevator a minute ago?
Is that it? We still have like thirty minutes to go.
I finding it harder and harder to understand the Daleks as we get farther into the film.
I just noticed the Thral have glitter on their skin.
"The swamp is full of mutations!"
The swamp is full of bubbling oatmeal.
Is that supposed to be a moon?
Extreme dominant Dalek angle!
What was that lip-lick for?
OK, so now the two of you AND THE ROPE are on the other side of the chasm.
Wow - between the sliding rock mass at the front doors and the rotating control panel in the main chamber we blew the whole set budget!
"Neutronic bomb?"
Why is there an annoying echo in here now? And why does it only echo Daleks?
Dalek be a driftin'
OH NO THE LAVA LIGHTS WERE TIPPED OVER
Take these shower curtains in remembrance of us!
Doctor Who keeps slippers in the TARDIS
Well, that was an ending. At least, it came to a stop.
Ysengrin Blackpaw
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